OFFICIAL - NANTES sign Portuguese Sergio CONCEICAO as new manager

After having fired René Girard, Nantes announced having signed Portuguese 42-year old Sergio Conceição as their new manager, on a deal lasting until June 2018. Conceição, previously training Vitoria Guimaraes and Sporting Braga, collected significant experiences as a footballer, between the 90's and the 2000's, making a difference especially playing for Porto, Lazio, and Standard Liège (as well as for Portuguese national team).

Playing for Cagliari since last season, and having gone through a very long-term injury, Moldovan international midfielder Artur Ionita (27), according to Italian paper Corriere dello Sport, is about to have his contract with Serie A side officially extended until June 2021. Form